Once again, would you join me
in the Gospel According to Esther. And we're in Esther chapter 3
tonight. And we're going to read a few
verses of scripture here and make some comments on a few of
them. By no means are we going to get
through this chapter. We do find, once again, that
the principles of God's almighty sovereignty is exposed here for
us to see. It's on great display here in
this chapter, as well as the next two or three chapters, as
well as the whole book. but we're going to see God's great providence
and His sovereignty displayed here in a mighty way. We have
looked at some of this with regard to the requirement that has been
set out by Haman, and I'd like to start reading here with verse
4 of this chapter 3. It says, Now it came to pass,
When they spake daily unto him, unto Mordecai, he's not bowing
to Haman. He's not bowing. He's not obedient
to the law of the land that has been created by King Ahasuerus. Now, when it came to pass, when
they spake daily unto him, and he hearkened not unto them, that
they told Haman to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand. for he had told them that he
was a Jew. And when Haman saw that Mordecai
bowed not, nor did him reverence, then was Haman full of wrath. And he thought scorned to lay
hands on Mordecai alone, for they had showed him the people
of Mordecai. Wherefore, Haman sought to destroy
all the Jews that were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus,
even the people of Mordecai. In the first month, that is the
month Nisan. In the 12th year of King Ahasuerus,
they cast purr, or they cast lots. That is a lot before Haman
from day to day and from month to month to 12th month, that
is the month of Adar. So he is asking his associates
to find out the best month, the lucky month, for him to destroy
all the Jews. 8 And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus,
There is a certain people scattered abroad, and dispersed among the
people in all provinces of thy kingdom. 9 And their laws are
diverse from all people, neither keep they the king's laws. Therefore it is not for the king's
prophet to suffer them. 10 If it please the king, let
it be written, that they may be destroyed. And I will pay
10,000 talents of silver to the hands of those that have the
charge of the business to bring it into the king's treasuries.
And the king took his ring from his hand and gave it unto Haman,
the son of Hamadathah, the Agite, the Jew's enemy. And the king
said unto Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also,
to do with them as it seemeth good to thee. Then were the king's
scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there
was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto
the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over
every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province,
according to the writing thereof. And to every people, after their
language, in the name of the king Ahasuerus, was it written,
and sealed with the king's ring." Now we're going to stop there
because we're not going to get down to that point. But we just
wanted to kind of open up what is said here with regard to what
Mordecai did not do. He did not bow to Haman. Now when Mordecai told these
folks that he was a Jew, he was not telling the folks that what
he had done was out of pride. He was not telling them he had
any personal grudge against Haman. Nor was there any rebellious
thoughts in his heart against the king. But he, as a Jew, could
not bow. He could not bow to the king's
command to bow down and worship a man. He had been commanded
by God and given the grace to do so, was to worship God. Mordecai
knew about a Messiah. He knew the Messiah, the Christ,
and God had given him the peace to be able to do this. He refused
out of honor for not none but God only. That's who he is. He
doesn't, you know, and I think about sometimes I have an agitated
view about people in high places at times. Well, that's not why
I should not obey them. The reason I should not obey
them, if it ever comes to that, is if they come to our door and
say, you cannot preach the gospel anymore, or you cannot preach
against sin anymore, you cannot preach the truth of the gospel.
Now, that would be something I would have to go against. But
most of the time, we find out our position in this world is
to live as much life in us to live peaceably with all men.
We find here that as he identified himself as a Jew, he is identifying
himself as a Jew that is one inwardly. Not only was he a Jew
outwardly, but he's identifying himself as a Jew inwardly. Now,
we read about another person in the scriptures found over
in the book of Jonah. Would you turn with me to the
book of Jonah? Jonah chapter one. Jonah has has caused quite
a thing happening there on the Mediterranean Sea. High seas,
the ship is in desperate conditions, and it tells us there in Jonah
chapter 1 that Verse 7, and they said everyone
to his fellow, come and let us cast lots. Kind of interesting
that we find that same thing happening over in the book of
Esther about when to do away with the Jews. But they're going
to cast lots, and we find out that this lot identifies a man
by the name of Jonah. Now, the lot is cast into the
lap, but the outcome belongs to God. Whatever happens, the
outcome belongs to God. We may propose, but God disposes. It says there, Come and let us cast lots, that
we may know for whose cause this evil is upon us. So they cast
lots, and the lot fell upon Jonah. Then said they unto him, Tell
us, we pray thee, for whose cause this evil is upon us. What is
thine occupation? And whence comest thou? And what
is thy country? And what people art thou? Now
notice the answer to this. And he said unto him, I am a
Hebrew." Now, notice the clause or the phrase that follows that,
I am a Hebrew. Now, there were many people during
the times of the Lord Jesus that said they were Hebrews or they
were Jews, and they counted that as a position. They were the
children of Abraham in the flesh. Well, many years before that,
this man Jonah was identified as the person who was causing
the problems by this lot. God pointed him right out. And
he said, I'm a Hebrew. Now, notice what it says as he
speaks. And I fear the Lord, the God
of heaven. He is more than just a descendant
from Abraham. He is also a child of the king,
and he fears the Lord. He has great reverence for the
Lord. Now we can say, well, he ran away from the Lord. Well,
almost everybody does sometime in their life. I remember someone
telling me the other day that a person, I got away from the
Lord, and that person, it was in a message, and he says, where
is that place? Where do we get away from the
Lord? Now he knows where we are all the time. We may not, but
he does know where we are. Whether I lay down, in bed, or
get up, or if I make my bed in hell, he knows where I am. All
right? So Jonah said, I fear the Lord,
the God of heaven, which hath made the sea and the dry land.
He has mentioned here great qualifications of this almighty Lord God of
heaven, much different than just a God. He is the Lord God of
heaven. And in verse 10, then were the
men exceedingly afraid and said unto him, why hast thou done
this? For the men knew that he fled
from the presence of the Lord because he had told them. Well,
we've read Mordecai. He told them that he was a Jew
and he was a Jew and he had family throughout the whole provinces
and nation there of King Ahasuerus. Well, keeping this in mind where
he says, I fear the Lord, turn with me over to the book of Romans
chapter three. In Romans 3, we find that this
is so contrary to the natural state of man, to have a fear
for God, to have a fear for Jehovah, the God of heaven, the Lord God
of heaven. In Romans 3, verse 18, we find
that this is what the Apostle Paul, as he was preaching here
and sharing with us the consequences of the fall, in Romans 3, verse
18, he says, there is no fear of God before their eyes. That
is one of the consequences of the fall. There is no fear. If
we have a reverence and a fear of God, it's been God given to
us. Now, it's interesting, as Brother Mike has pointed out
so often in the New Testament, this is just a quote from the
Old Testament. This is his text. He's going to go on and preach
from that text, because it's quoted from the book of the Psalms.
So, join me back in the book of the Psalms, where this was
shared, Psalm 36. In Psalm 36, this was shared
over there. The word has not changed. The
message of God has not changed. God has not changed. Man has
not changed. Same position that they have
been in since the fall. And here in the book of Psalm
36 in verse 1, to the chief musician at Psalm of David, the servant
of the Lord, that transgression of the wicked saith with it in
my heart, there is no fear of God before his eyes. No reverence,
no respect, no honor is in the heart of a natural man. The heart
is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. So we
find that that is a problem that natural man has. There is no
fear of God before our eyes in that state. Well, when we read
about Jonah, we find out that he said, I'm a Hebrew and I fear
the Lord God of heaven, which made heaven and earth. So Jonah
is identifying himself as a believer. And we say, how could he be doing
what he is doing? Very easily. God lifted his restraining
hand and here he is doing what he's doing. But he's going to
be, we're going to find out he leaves us one of the greatest
testimonies a man could leave. Salvation is of the Lord. Deliverance from that great fish,
that's of the Lord. salvation delivered from sin
and the consequences of it, that's of the Lord. Salvation is of
the Lord. Now, turn with me to the book
of Daniel. There's a couple experiences in the book of Daniel that's
been left for us to go over and glean the good word of God And
the first one is found in Daniel chapter 3. Daniel chapter 3,
beginning with verse 16. Now this section of scripture
has to do with three, we call them three Hebrew children. We
know them by their Persian name, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
I couldn't tell you. I'd have to go look what their
Hebrew names were. It's so much easier for us because we've just
heard it so much. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, they are in very
high places in the kingdom under Nebuchadnezzar. And Nebuchadnezzar
commands that everybody worship a golden idol. Shadrach, Meshach,
and Abednego answered and said unto the king, O Nebuchadnezzar,
this is Daniel chapter 3 and verse 16. Oh, Nebuchadnezzar,
we are not careful to answer thee in this matter. We're not
ashamed to answer you in this matter. This is just exactly
how it is. If it be so, our God, whom we
serve, is able to deliver us from the burning, fiery furnace.
And he will deliver us out of thy hand, O king. But if not,
be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods,
nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up. Then
was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury. Isn't that interesting, that
Nebuchadnezzar had almost the same attitude that Haman had? He was full of fury. He was angry
to the bone. He was really upset that these
three men would not bow to his golden image. And it says, and
the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego. At one point, he was quite friendly. He's appointed
them to some very high positions there in the kingdom. And now,
because they will not bow to his golden image, he has changed
his appearance towards them. Therefore, he spake and commanded
that they should heat the furnace seven times more than it was
wont to be heated. And he commanded that the most
mighty men that were in his army to bind Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego, and cast them into the burning fiery furnace. Now,
what was their relationship? They were children of the most
high God. They could confess the same thing. I'm a Hebrew,
and I fear the Lord God. of heaven, the Lord God, Jehovah
God, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.
Therefore, because the king's commandment was urgent and the
furnace exceeding hot, the flame of the first slew those men that
took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. And these three men,
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound in the midst
of the burning fiery furnace. Then Nebuchadnezzar the king
was astonished, and rose up in haste, and spake and said unto
his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound in the midst
of the fire? They answered and said unto the
king, True, O king! And he answered and said, Lo,
I see four men, loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and
they have no hurt, and the form of the fourth is like the Son
of God. Then Nebuchadnezzar came near the mouth of the burning
fiery furnace, and spake and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego, ye servants of the Most High God, come forth, and
come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
came forth of the midst of the fire. Now, this is one instance
in the scriptures that we find that God went absolutely against
the natural events. Those men who didn't know anything
about God were consumed casting these men in there. But these
men, these Hebrews, these Jews, feared God. And they did not
bow to that image. Now in the same book, in chapter
six, we find Daniel. Now these used to be just wonderful
Bible stories that I enjoyed when I was in Sunday school and
church, but nothing was ever brought out about God in this.
It was just a good story. Here we find in the book of Daniel
chapter 6 beginning with verse 20. And when he came to the den,
he cried with a lamentable voice. Now, Daniel has been cast into
the lion's den for the same reason. He's been praying towards God.
He's been caught and he is going to suffer the consequence. He's
not going to stop praying. You know, he was praying in his
prayer closet and somebody over Looked in on it. Well, here he
is. He's been cast into the den of
lions, which was a common way of execution in those days. Burning
fiery furnaces. Lions did. O Daniel, servant
of the living God, is thy God, whom thou service continually,
able to deliver thee? from the lions. Then said Daniel
unto the king, O king, live forever. What respect he paid this king. We can pay that respect. He paid
that kind of respect to the king even though the king had sentenced
him to death and thrown him into the den of lions for praying
not to the image but to his God. My God has sent his angel and
has shut the lion's mouth that they have no not hurt me for
as much as before him innocency was found in me and also before
the Oak King I have done no hurt. Innocency found. How can God
find innocency in any man? When we find out that by nature
we are guilty of everything, well, there had to be a substitute
that paid the price that he could be found innocent. His innocence
was found in me. No sin charged. Now, God took
care of him. Now, I'm not interested in being
thrown into a dental alliance or into a burning, fiery furnace. That just appears to me that
that's just going to be the end. But God was able to protect His
people even in the worst of circumstances. And you know what? God's people
have been protected throughout the ages. When Nancy and I were
over there in Europe, it's a wonder. I have to say that it is a wonder
that any believers ever survived what those folks were put through
by the wicked religion of natural man. There was no toleration
whatsoever. And so we look back and we just
thank God that he has promised in his word upon this rock I'll
build my church and the gates of hell will not prevail against
it. And the church, the truth of
the gospel was not wiped out even though many attempts were
made to try to do so. And so it was here, try to wipe
out the truth and God preserved his people right then and right
there. Well, we're gonna read over here
in the book of, going back to the book of Esther. Now, there
was something that Mordecai did. He was up front and made a statement
about his position. He says there in Esther chapter
three, And there in verse four, for he had told them that he
was a Jew. He had told them that he was
a Jew. Now, I'm convinced that he didn't
tell him, I'm a descendant of Abraham. He confessed that he
knew the Messiah. He knew the gospel. He knew about
this one that was coming to take care of sin. Now, the application
of that had taken care of him in his time. And he says he told
them. Now, that word told means to
stand boldly out opposite. to stand boldly out opposite. He told them that he was a Jew.
I know that this is the opposite of what you believe, but this
is what we have. Now, that particular word is
used many places in the Bible, and I would like to just read
several of them. It's found in the book of the
Psalms. Now, Mike was sharing with me Sunday about one of the
messages he brought, and in Psalm chapter 40, we run into that.
But that word is found in that verse of scripture. But let's
stop with Psalm 9, if you would. Psalm 9. He told them. He told
them. Now, in the book of the Psalms,
as I mentioned, this word is mentioned many, many times in
the scriptures. But I just like to look at a
few of them found in the Psalms. Here in Psalm 9, verse 8, we
read these words. And the word is used in verse
11, and the word is declare. All right, it says here in verse
8, and he shall judge the world in righteousness. He shall minister
judgment to the people in uprightness. The Lord, or Jehovah also, will
be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. And they that know thy name will
put their trust in thee. Now, what a wonderful word that
word know is in that verse of scripture. They that know thy
name. That is by revelation and revelation
alone. People will recognize God, and
usually it's a little g-o-d, but these who have, what's it
say there? They that know thy name. There is a knowledge there that's
been granted by God, a revelation that's been granted by God. I
know they that know thy name will put their trust in thee.
When God reveals Christ to us, we automatically are given the
grace to trust the Lord. They will put their trust in
thee, for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. Sing praises to the Lord, which
dwelleth in Zion. Declare among the people his
doings. And that's what Mordecai said
when he said he told them, he declared to them. And here in
this verse of scripture, the church is to declare among the
people his doings. Now we can't do that unless we
go to Romans chapter nine. The Bible is just full of passages
of scripture that share with us His doings. Declare, state,
put forth, tell. among the people his doings. Romans chapter 9 is right in
the way. It's the logical place to start. Now, we really should
start in chapter 1 and we find out a whole lot about election
right there. Well, chapter 9 is filled with this. And, well,
we discussed it quite in depth today. It was a real blessing.
But anyway, it tells us here He is our refuge in times of
trouble, and we have been granted the permission by God to trust
Him, to trust His name, and we can sing praises unto Him, and
it is our privilege to declare among the people His doings.
How does God save people? Who is this God? Jonah declared
it to a bunch of heathen people in a boat about to go down. the God of heaven. Alright, now
in the same book, chapter 19 or Psalm 19. Psalm 19 and verse
1. Psalm 19 and verse 1. Look at
this with me. And the word here is found in
verse 1. It is the word showeth in this verse. Mordecai told
the people. Now this is not just, I'm a Jew. He didn't whisper it to them.
He declared it to them. I'm a Jew. I trust the God of
heaven. It isn't because I'm related
to Abraham that that's important, but we find that a Jew that is
one inwardly, that's the important part. Bordecai had both. He was a Jew outwardly, he was
a Jew inwardly. Jonah had both. He was a Jew
outwardly, he was a Jew inwardly. And we find this with regard
to these folks here. In the 19th Psalm, it says to
the chief musician, a Psalm of David, the heavens declare the
glory of God. And the firmament showeth his
handiwork. Now that word showeth is the
word that Bordecai used. The firmament showeth his handiwork. Every bit is of creation. Now when we talk about creation,
we find out that God started with absolutely nothing and he
asked nobody for permission to do what he did. He didn't ask
for permission what trees were gonna look like or what giraffes
are gonna look like or what rhinoceroses are gonna look like. And he didn't
ask permission of Adam what he should look like. Adam was made
of the dust of the ground, and God breathed into his nostrils
the breath of life, and he became a living soul. Everything about
God in creation is God was the river where everything flowed
from. Well, the same is true when it
comes to our spiritual birth, and it's also everything flows
from God, every mercy. The firmament showeth his handiwork.
Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth
knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their voice
is not heard. Everybody is without excuse.
All right, in the same book in Psalm 40. Psalm 40. We read over here in Psalm 40
this word again that's found in Mordecai's mouth. He told
them. He was bold with them. He declared
unto them. He was not ashamed of that. In
Psalm 40 and verse 5, we read these words. Many, O Lord my
God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy
thoughts which are to usward, they cannot be reckoned up in
order unto thee. If I would declare and speak
of them, there would be more than I can, than can be numbered. And in that verse of scripture,
I would declare unto them. If I would declare and speak
of them, we can speak and speak and speak about the greatness
of Almighty God, the greatness of God in salvation, salvation
by grace alone. And as it brings out here, and
as Brother Mike brought out, there's no end to it. We never
come to the end of it. It is over. more than we'll ever
be able to. And I heard a preacher say, you
know, every time I read the word, there's something new comes up.
Well, glory to God in the highest. He reveals and reveals his word
to us. So here, there's more than can
be numbered. It's just absolute infinity of
that great works of God. And then another place here in
the book of the Psalms that this word is used, Mordecai, he told
them he was a Jew. He declared to them. He showed
them, well, the word continues on here in Psalm 92, Psalm 92. We read these words about the
same word that Mordecai used when he told those people that
he was a Jew. Now, those folks told Haman that
he was a Jew to see what Haman would do. But we find out that
Mordecai told him, I'm a Jew, therefore I cannot bow. I'm not
mad at him. I'm not looking down my nose
at him. I'm only telling you I cannot
bow to him because I bow to God and God alone. All right? Here
in the book of the Psalms, Psalm 92, beginning with verse 12,
it tells us here, the righteous shall flourish like a palm tree.
He shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon. What beautiful metaphors
are used here. There's life. The life comes
from God. Those that be planted in the
house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. How
wonderful it is to be called out of darkness into his marvelous
light, to be taken out of the kingdom of darkness into the
kingdom of his dear son. It tells us there in Psalm 92,
and they shall, verse 14, shall bring forth fruit in old age.
They shall be fat and flourishing to show that the Lord is upright. There it is, to show that the
Lord is upright. He is my rock and there is no
unrighteousness in Him. That is declared by His people
in the salvation that He gives us. We have no ability of depending
upon any particle of us. It is always depending upon the
Lord to show that the Lord is upright. He is righteous in all
of his doings. A couple more places. Would you join me in Psalm 111?
Psalm 111, the same word is used over here, and it shares with
us again some wonderful truths about God. In Psalm 111 and verse
6, Now here, the Lord is declaring this. You know, if the Lord declares
it, His people will declare it. If the Lord declares His sovereignty,
His people will declare His sovereignty. If His Lord declares the salvation
is of the Lord, His people will declare salvation is of the Lord.
If the Lord declares, I'm all your righteousness, then the
people say, he's all my righteousness. And on and on it goes. It's a
reflection. When God says it, we believe
it, and we'll declare it. Well, here in the Psalm 111,
and there in verse 6, it says, he has showed his people the
power of his works. He has showed, he has declared,
he has made it manifest that he may give them the heritage
of the heathen. God has given, He has showed
His people the power of His works. What a wonderful thing it is
that God reveals to us what it took for Him to save us. The
death of His Son. The God of glory gave up the
glory that he had with the father. The death of his son, he shares
that with us. It is no small transaction here.
It is not a bitty, itty-bitty salvation. It is a great salvation
by a great savior because we're great sinners. And so it's so
large, we cannot declare it. But he says here, he has showed
his people the power of his works. All right, another place that
we'd like to look at, found here in the book of the Psalms, is
Psalm 147. Same word is used here, once again, that shares
with us what Mordecai did to those folks. He told them he
was a Jew. I am a believer in the Messiah. I am raised from the spiritual
dead. I have no qualities in myself,
but He has given me everything. And here in Psalm 147, verse
18, Psalm 147, verse 18, He sendeth out His word and melteth them. He causeth
His wind to blow. and the waters flow. He showeth,
look at this, he showeth his word unto Jacob. He declares
his word. He makes known his word. Same
word that Mordecai used. He told them he was a Jew. He,
God, showeth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments
unto Israel. He hath not dealt so with any
nation, and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord. Who does
he show this to? He shows his word to Jacob. He shows his word to his elect. He reveals to them the glories
of salvation in Christ Jesus. Now, if you go back with me to
the book of Esther for just a short time, the book of Esther, chapter
four, Esther, excuse me, chapter three, Esther chapter three,
verse five. And when Haman saw Mordecai bowed not, nor did him
reverence. Then was Haman full of wrath. You know, there's a passage of
Scripture in Romans chapter 9. Would you turn there with me
for just a moment? In Romans chapter 9 that goes right with
this. Romans chapter 9, verse 22. Now, God would have been right the
moment that Haman had ill thoughts towards
Mordecai and the Jews to take him off the face of the earth.
But read with me here in Romans chapter 9 verse 22, what if God
willing, what if God willing to show his wrath and to make
his power known endured with much long suffering How much
longer are we going to be dealing with Haman in this book? Three
more chapters. The longsuffering of God. Much longsuffering. The vessels
of wrath fitted to destruction. For three more chapters, we're
going to see God's long suffering to this vessel of wrath fitted
to destruction. We know the outcome. Haman is
going to be hung on his own gallows. He's making the gallows for Mordecai. He's making the gallows for Jews. But we find out that God intervenes
here, and he just tells us what we read here. He's long suffering.
He's long-suffering. Now, he's long-suffering to the
elect, not willing that any should perish. But what a statement
it is here. Endured with much long-suffering, the vessels of
wrath fitted to destruction. much long suffering. We're going
to read about Haman. We're going to find out that
he's going to come into the presence of Esther. He's going to come
into the presence of Ahasuerus. Esther is going to have something
to say about him. And then we're going to find
out that King Ahasuerus has changed with regard to him. So it's quite
interesting that we find that with Haman full of wrath, in
the book of Acts chapter 9, we find another man full of wrath.
Saul of Tarsus, breathing out threatenings and slaughter. He
just reminds me of Haman from an outward appearance. He reminds
me of the attitude that Haman had. He was angry and his vices
changed toward Mordecai. This angry young man that we
know of Saul of Tarsus, he was breathing out threatenings and
slaughter. He was breathing out murder. doing exactly the same
thing that Haman was doing in the Old Testament towards the
Jews over there. In Romans chapter 9 verse 23, that
he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of
mercy. Now what's the difference between
the two? Grace. One is a long suffering towards
the vessels of wrath, meant for destruction. And on the other
one, he said, he might make known the riches of his glory on the
vessels of mercy. There is a remnant according
to the election of grace. Now we're going to read over
there in the book of Esther. He goes to Ahasuerus. He has all
the authority to step into his presence and he lays out the
plan and he lays out the plot. We're going to take all of these
people out of the kingdom. We're going to remove every one
of them. Well, I'm thankful that we find out even though God is
going to permit this, He has another plan. And it's been His
eternal plan. God never permits anything. He
always purposes everything. He purposed that Haman be raised
to that position that he might be demonstrated as a vessel of
wrath fitted to destruction. And then we're going to have,
what's the difference between Mordecai and Haman? Not one wit
from the outside, grace alone, grace alone, grace alone. That's
the only difference between us and Adolf Hitler. Grace alone, grace alone. We'll
stop there for tonight and we'll pick this study up at our next
time. We hope that those who hear this
on Sermon Audio or Zoom or I enjoyed bringing.